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rehabilitatable

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re·ha·bil·i·tate   (rē'hə-bĭl'ĭ-tāt')   
tr.v.   re·ha·bil·i·tat·ed, re·ha·bil·i·tat·ing, re·ha·bil·i·tates

  1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education.

  2. To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity.

  3. To reinstate the good name of.

  4. To restore the former rank, privileges, or rights of.


[Medieval Latin rehabilitāre, rehabilitāt-, to restore to a former rank : Latin re-, re- + Late Latin habilitāre, to enable; see habilitate.]
re'ha·bil'i·tat'a·ble adj., re'ha·bil'i·ta'tion n., re'ha·bil'i·ta'tive adj.
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